American National Election Study: 2000 Pilot Study (ICPSR 2936)

Citation

Sapiro, Virginia, Rosenstone, Steven J., and University of Michigan. Center for Political Studies. American National Election Study: 2000 Pilot Study. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003-12-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02936.v2

Summary

This brief special-topic Pilot study focused on a single
general topic, trust. Respondents were asked for their opinions on the
honesty, respectfulness, courteousness, and general trustworthiness of
the neighbors in their communities, their colleagues at work, and
politicians. Questions included items on respondents' membership in
community organizations and attendance at meetings, whether the
respondents worked cooperatively with others on community issues, and
whether they had ever contacted government officials regarding
community concerns. Politicians were evaluated as to their respect for
the citizenry and for their opponents, whether they made campaign
promises that they did not intend to keep, and whether politicians
would pay more attention to people like the respondent if elections
were held more often. One section of the questionnaire asked
respondents to gauge how participating in certain activities
(attending religious services, following public affairs, voting) and
having certain opinions (in favor of further integrating public
schools, increasing Social Security spending, instituting term limits
for Congress) would shape other people's impressions of them.
Demographic variables include gender, race, employment status, and
length of residency in the community.

Citation

Sapiro, Virginia, Rosenstone, Steven J., and University of Michigan. Center for Political Studies. American National Election Study: 2000 Pilot Study. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003-12-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02936.v2

Geographic Coverage

Time Period(s)

2000

Date of Collection

2000-04-03 -- 2000-05-14

Data Collection Notes

Pilot study respondents were previously
interviewed as part of the AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1998:
POST-ELECTION SURVEY (ICPSR 2684). The 2000 Pilot study includes all
variables from the 1998 interview.

Sample

The sample for the 2000 Pilot comprised a selection of
cases from the 1998 NES Post-Election study. The 2000 Pilot selection
procedure first grouped all 1998 respondents according to Low,
Low-Medium, Medium, Medium-High, or High level of political knowledge
and interest (PKI). Then, within each group of cases, those
respondents for whom current telephone-contact information was not
known were removed, and a predetermined number of the remaining
respondents in each group was randomly selected for the Pilot sample.

Universe

United States citizens of voting age residing in housing
units other than on military reservations in the 48 coterminous
states.